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the next day i flew back to washington and it had fallen flat. the "washington post" page three. i was flattened. i could not believe it. i am wondering just if you have the same reaction to this. are you aware of this? >> it was very important. thinking through the economics of this is extremely important. our assumption has been -- and i'm afraid this is one of the tougher parts of this book. our assumption has been all along that we are just going to eventually some day just make the decision and go to something called green energy and just switch out what we are doing now for something else. it is going to be, we may have passed the point where that kind of easy substitution is possible. their is a lot lot of economic friction and drag that comes with this new plan that we are creating. a notion that we live on a flat earth, if it was true ten years ago, is no longer true. we live on an uphill planet. the kind of costs associated with the deteriorating physical stability of the planet are real and large. the inability of many of people to get insurance in coastal areas and th
the next day i flew back to washington and it had fallen flat. the "washington post" page three. i was flattened. i could not believe it. i am wondering just if you have the same reaction to this. are you aware of this? >> it was very important. thinking through the economics of this is extremely important. our assumption has been -- and i'm afraid this is one of the tougher parts of this book. our assumption has been all along that we are just going to eventually some day just...
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. >> i can sleep in my own bed in washington tomorrow night is the first night in three weeks. i cannot wait to get home that monday we leave sunday afternoon then monday afternoon we fly to dallas. that should be fun. i've spent more time in ohio >> they wanted we do have an ohio driver's license. they were charging for that. i did not even try. jedi helped a little girl. and they call this afternoon that is nice. >> they have arrived. base to see you. >> how are you? client coming your way. joseph we were talking about you win in cincinnati on monday. >> i will be there. >> who is your guy is cincinnati? >>? a guy named david. i talked to him on the phone talking about his experience. the first might have worked on the campaign and he is 34. [laughter] >> thanks for the hat to. i love that. i was sent a hat it was cool and it had a detachable peace. >> fantastic. base to see you. >> excellent. fantastic. >> i don't mean to be personal but where? is tough. the billionaire dotard -- daughters? it took me months. end of lost a lot of blood. [laughter] >> that is what people say.
. >> i can sleep in my own bed in washington tomorrow night is the first night in three weeks. i cannot wait to get home that monday we leave sunday afternoon then monday afternoon we fly to dallas. that should be fun. i've spent more time in ohio >> they wanted we do have an ohio driver's license. they were charging for that. i did not even try. jedi helped a little girl. and they call this afternoon that is nice. >> they have arrived. base to see you. >> how are you?...
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. >> i get to sleep in my own bed in washington. the 1st night in three weeks i get home boston. can't wait to get home. monday we get home sunday afternoon. >> nice to be home. >> yeah. i spend more time in ohio. more live there. they wanted to charge me in ohio drivers license. taken my texas license. >> what do we got here? going to try. >> wednesday night. jack wednesday night. good field. so he call this afternoon. which is nice. >> they have arrived. >> ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you. >> hi. how are you? the always do. >> my god. >> how are you? >> there we go. >> i'm coming your way incidentally. >> joseph. we were talking about you in cincinnati on monday. >> very nice. >> there we go. who is your guy? >> who is our guy in cincinnati, the chairman of this event, talk to him on the phone. talking about his experience. well,well, this is the 1st time i ever worked on it. how old are you? thirty-four. >> thanks for that. >> this is on another. he says me a half. >> fantastic. i don't mean to get personal. when she get it from? he didn't strike me that way. i mean,, tough
. >> i get to sleep in my own bed in washington. the 1st night in three weeks i get home boston. can't wait to get home. monday we get home sunday afternoon. >> nice to be home. >> yeah. i spend more time in ohio. more live there. they wanted to charge me in ohio drivers license. taken my texas license. >> what do we got here? going to try. >> wednesday night. jack wednesday night. good field. so he call this afternoon. which is nice. >> they have arrived....
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why a comic novel, as he told the "washington post" instead of screaming and yelling on the floor of the house when confronted by the insanity of washington, he prefers to deal with it as parody and we are all the more fortunate as a result. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the congressman. apostates be mac thank you. let's hear it for brad and the entire staff. you come here to politics and prose and realize they are not a thing of the past. since the book review my local independent bookstore i was there monday night. i love independent bookstores and i'm honored that you would allow me to come and visit with you. is it feldstein or feldstein however you want to interpret it. the book is about morris and what i thought we would do is spend five minutes of sharing with you what inspired the book and then do three five-minute ratings to introduce the context characters and then we will open it up to whatever you want and answer any questions that you have. i have many old friends and new friends here tonight. my oldest friends know that when i was growing up in new y
why a comic novel, as he told the "washington post" instead of screaming and yelling on the floor of the house when confronted by the insanity of washington, he prefers to deal with it as parody and we are all the more fortunate as a result. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the congressman. apostates be mac thank you. let's hear it for brad and the entire staff. you come here to politics and prose and realize they are not a thing of the past. since the book review my...
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i like to trelt to where i work in washington, d.c. what happens in congress. what happened. the negotiations between congress. the conversations behind closed doors. what lobbyist said to people. what makes it into the congressial record. that's the votes and floor speeches. the stuff of public consumption. and then there's what getsing a gait bid organizations who i used to work for, the sunlight foundation. there's a press who writes on top of their data. and what makes it finally on television like on fox. and msnbc. a fraction of the actual story. part of that is because they have a fine amount of real estate agent they can tell a story in. so being a conscious consumer means ever striving to get closer to the source of what happened. that's going to help you make better decisions because obviously if you're only consuming the processed stuff. you're subject to delusion. you're subject to someone else making up your mind for you. providing that provides source material i think is vital. the third tip i have, be be a producer not a consumer. wake up every morning as a pro
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[multiple conversations] >> what other public events are you doing in washington, d.c.? >> the american enterprise institute bradley lecture in january. and then there is some kind of a woman's club that has speakers that asked me to come and i think we will try to do that. mitch, did i do this to you? [multiple conversations] [multiple conversations] >> when you finish reading the book you will know how important that is. >> i will let you know. thank you. >> watch this. watch this. i will work on that and you work on flapping those. flap is a verb. [multiple conversations] [multiple conversations] >> there you go. kentucky pr right there. >> there we go. and i am sorry? >> bill sanders. [multiple conversations] there we go. fabulous. good to see you. is kelly still in rhode island? >> no, new hampshire. >> oh, new hampshire? man, it is getting colder and colder further north. i am going briefly. ever so briefly. [multiple conversations] >> it is not a scarf. it is is hanker chief. -- handkerchief. >> i want to introduce myself. you went down there and gave a lecture an
[multiple conversations] >> what other public events are you doing in washington, d.c.? >> the american enterprise institute bradley lecture in january. and then there is some kind of a woman's club that has speakers that asked me to come and i think we will try to do that. mitch, did i do this to you? [multiple conversations] [multiple conversations] >> when you finish reading the book you will know how important that is. >> i will let you know. thank you. >>...
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gridlock in washington disgusts me. we have excessive government debt, we have excessive regulation, we have excessive medical costs, we have a defense department that spends more than $500 billion per year and has yet never passed a financial audit. we have many, many challenges. but when it comes to innovation, no other country does it better, and we can see that here in the united states from the oil patch to silicon valley. the u.s. has less than 5% of the world's population, but it has been home to nearly 40% of all the nobel prize winners. the u.s. is a place where people want to start and own their own businesses. i live in austin, texas. and every year i go to the south by southwest interactive festival, and to me, it represents the best of america. i went this march, there were more than 30,000 people there, and they were all on the make, and i thought it was great. they were all there promoting their new web site, their new business, their new product. in the book i talk about a company called boosted boards.
gridlock in washington disgusts me. we have excessive government debt, we have excessive regulation, we have excessive medical costs, we have a defense department that spends more than $500 billion per year and has yet never passed a financial audit. we have many, many challenges. but when it comes to innovation, no other country does it better, and we can see that here in the united states from the oil patch to silicon valley. the u.s. has less than 5% of the world's population, but it has...
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news and will the poor and a member of "the washington post" editorial page. please give him a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much it is an honor to be here and to introduce the 43rd president of the united states george walker bush. [cheers and applause] her. >> i think you will [cheers and applause] >> please be seated. i do want to tell michael thank you for his leadership of miami committee college i had the honor giving a graduation speech tonight was president and i am thankful you invited me back also for promoting literacy as a new author it is in my interest to promote literacy [laughter] and when you to know i did recognize the fact you have invited my mother, my wife, our daughter, did you finally got to me. [laughter] [applause] and finally thank you and for buying this book which i personally signed and i understand after this is over you can get your copy and i am grateful. >> mr. president your book is titled "decision points" not be exhaustive autobiography of your full life and but your powerful presidency but tell us what you want
news and will the poor and a member of "the washington post" editorial page. please give him a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much it is an honor to be here and to introduce the 43rd president of the united states george walker bush. [cheers and applause] her. >> i think you will [cheers and applause] >> please be seated. i do want to tell michael thank you for his leadership of miami committee college i had the honor giving a graduation speech tonight...
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let's go to dave in washington, dc on our line for democrats. dave, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you, mr. akin? >> guest: i'm fine, david. the'ing do? >> just great. i'm a doctor, an internist here in d.c., and this is a topic that you really should strongly consider letting go of. i'm sure you have expertise, work that you did before you were in office and work that you're doing now. you're not helping yourself. there are hundreds of variables that go into whether or not a child is going to be born healthy and alive, development, birth weight, strength, gestation, physical environment, fetal growth, i know you have your five studies and i don't know how familiar you are with scientific research and medical research, but you can find five studies on anything. it has been dish want your audience to hear this -- entirely disproven that there is any relationship between rape and whether or not a child will or will not be born. now, i know -- >> host: mr. akip, what's your response? >> guest: well, look, the doctor certainly knows
let's go to dave in washington, dc on our line for democrats. dave, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you, mr. akin? >> guest: i'm fine, david. the'ing do? >> just great. i'm a doctor, an internist here in d.c., and this is a topic that you really should strongly consider letting go of. i'm sure you have expertise, work that you did before you were in office and work that you're doing now. you're not helping yourself. there are hundreds of variables that go into...
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by the insanity of washington, he prefers to deal with it as parity. and we are all the more fortunate as a result. so ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming congressman steve israel. [applause] >> thank you all very much. let's hear it for brad and entire staff of politics and prose. you know there's this theory around the country that good old independent bookstores are a thing of the past the cucumber of politics and prose and you realize they're not the thing of the past. so thank you to politics and prose. as a good congressman -- [applause] representing new york's third congressional district i should also put in a plug for the book review. our local independent bookstore i was there monday night. i love independent bookstores and i am honored that you allow me to come and visit with you. isn't feldstein or feldstein? use a feldstein, i see feldstein. however, you want to interpret it is good old morris. the book is about morris, in what i thought what we do is come in five minutes, sharing with you what inspired the book and then do t
by the insanity of washington, he prefers to deal with it as parity. and we are all the more fortunate as a result. so ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming congressman steve israel. [applause] >> thank you all very much. let's hear it for brad and entire staff of politics and prose. you know there's this theory around the country that good old independent bookstores are a thing of the past the cucumber of politics and prose and you realize they're not the thing of the past....
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my office on washington hill and said i'm one of the people who attacked the. i want to apologize. will you please forgive me? he started crying. he told me that his son had been trying to convince him to do this for many years and finally he did it. we hugged and embraced. we both cried. >> guest: knowing you, you probably for gave him before he asked. >> host: this is what this is all about. the reconciliation. race and reconciliation in america. you come to that point where you have the power to forgive and be reconciled and move on. >> guest: don't you think in order to reconcile the oppressor must come forward and acknowledge the problem, what he has done, the transgression. in any case, apologize. if it they can't apologize acknowledge what they have time before we can forgive? >> host: it is important. it is important. that is why it is important for us to continue to talk. >> guest: dialogue. >> guest: i'll let you come back to something you mentioned about the magic of dates. that was of very important date in janet's carrier because she was about to e
my office on washington hill and said i'm one of the people who attacked the. i want to apologize. will you please forgive me? he started crying. he told me that his son had been trying to convince him to do this for many years and finally he did it. we hugged and embraced. we both cried. >> guest: knowing you, you probably for gave him before he asked. >> host: this is what this is all about. the reconciliation. race and reconciliation in america. you come to that point where you...
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by the insanity of washington he prefers to deal with it as parody. and we are all the more fortunate as a result. so ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming the congressman steve israel. apostasy mac thank you very much. let's hear it for the staff at politics and prose. you know, there is a theory around the country that independent bookstores are a thing of the past. you can handle the allies they are just glorious. as a good congressman -- [applause] representing new york's third congressional district i should put in a plug for the book review my local independent book store and i'm really honored that he you would allow me to come and visit with you. isn't feldstein are feldstein? however you want to interpret it the book is about good old mores and i thought i would do is spend five minutes sharing with you what inspired the book and then do three short five minute ratings to give you the context introduce you to some characters and then open up to whatever you want. we will have a conversation and happy to answer any questions you hav
by the insanity of washington he prefers to deal with it as parody. and we are all the more fortunate as a result. so ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming the congressman steve israel. apostasy mac thank you very much. let's hear it for the staff at politics and prose. you know, there is a theory around the country that independent bookstores are a thing of the past. you can handle the allies they are just glorious. as a good congressman -- [applause] representing new york's third...
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you had forces in washington, dc -- the republican president, republican controlled senate, republican controlled house. you had people publicly saying, i don't think there's the money to rebuild that whole place. dennis hastert, then speaker of the house, saying it should be bull delwareed. how is the city going to recover? what would it take? what was the will? so i just got done telling you how my focus was on the recovery, and in fact that is most of my book, but i do open the book with the blockade of the crescent city connection, more of n the vernacular, the mississippi river bridge, i call it the greater in bridge. for the shorthand, and i want to read also piece because as much as my fascination was with re rebuilding, i was really preoccupied by what happened on the gretna bridge. we have this story we tell ourselves, and it's ontrue, september 11th in new york city is a good example. after a crisis we all come together. right? black, white, rich, poor, doesn't make a difference, near this crisis together. this is beautiful, beautiful notion, and often is true. but then there
you had forces in washington, dc -- the republican president, republican controlled senate, republican controlled house. you had people publicly saying, i don't think there's the money to rebuild that whole place. dennis hastert, then speaker of the house, saying it should be bull delwareed. how is the city going to recover? what would it take? what was the will? so i just got done telling you how my focus was on the recovery, and in fact that is most of my book, but i do open the book with the...
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was dramatic to be in washington d.c. had been there for eight years, i was not sure what i was doing, to get to new york, before there was a jasper there was a henry which you read about in the book and i get to new york and i am out of place. in new york is so different and a little frantic and i was not sure what i was doing with my life and i got invited to the jets boners box, what the answer van johnson, peter was an air force brat, he grew up all over, he is british originally and came to america and became a citizen in 2005? 6? he remembers that day very well. and he loves any american event, parades, sporting events, dinners at the white house, he did go to any american event so i said do you want to go to the jets' game? you watch the five. you know i don't know a lot about sports but i knew it would be catered so we went to the game. and i walked in and i am not sure what i am doing. i was just the white house press secretary and i'm not sure what i am doing and i have this shelf, nobody knew if it was going to
was dramatic to be in washington d.c. had been there for eight years, i was not sure what i was doing, to get to new york, before there was a jasper there was a henry which you read about in the book and i get to new york and i am out of place. in new york is so different and a little frantic and i was not sure what i was doing with my life and i got invited to the jets boners box, what the answer van johnson, peter was an air force brat, he grew up all over, he is british originally and came...
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of the founding fathers.com guides and friends upon the return from their honeymoon in new york to washington and the husband has been defeated for the county attorney's job wants to be president of the united states. and she is thrilled about the prospect that the object is the republican party has been beaten in election and grover cleveland has come into office and has been the governor of ohio and has seen the country descended to the great depression and great republicans think that the election of 1896 is going to be there and he wants to be the nominee. he began to be seen the previous fall but if he gets elected in november. it is long-lasting and a deep depression. 15% of american workers lost their jobs in all likelihood. in fact in one day alone in one county in upstate new york about 10,000 were left go. >> as bad as 2008 or worse? in the economic system in the fall of 2008 and fannie and freddie were dragging down the financial institutions some of these were large forces that we suffered through because we were developing and we forget the american economy in the 1870s and '90s
of the founding fathers.com guides and friends upon the return from their honeymoon in new york to washington and the husband has been defeated for the county attorney's job wants to be president of the united states. and she is thrilled about the prospect that the object is the republican party has been beaten in election and grover cleveland has come into office and has been the governor of ohio and has seen the country descended to the great depression and great republicans think that the...
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washington is really remote in who you are. it's not measured by your pedigree, but it's measured by who you were as an individual. and personal responsibility and merit and your word matters. so i was for nixon. i don't know why. i got a bumper sticker. i did the most important thing that i could do to help elect richard nixon. i slapped that bumper sticker on my wire basket and rode up and down the street. the more i rode up and down, they would see his name and be impressed. until the little catholic girl at three years and was for kennedy, pulled me off of my bicycle, and wailed the heck out of me. gave me a bloody nose. i realized i hate losing almost as much as i love winning. anymore. there it is. >> thank you. [laughter] >> thank you for sharing your experience with the book with 9/11. you know, it happened when i was younger. it was a big moment for everybody. my question is, i've heard you -- i've heard people call you a war criminal and say that, you know, the administration has committed crimes against humanity for
washington is really remote in who you are. it's not measured by your pedigree, but it's measured by who you were as an individual. and personal responsibility and merit and your word matters. so i was for nixon. i don't know why. i got a bumper sticker. i did the most important thing that i could do to help elect richard nixon. i slapped that bumper sticker on my wire basket and rode up and down the street. the more i rode up and down, they would see his name and be impressed. until the little...
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we debated and probably know since we have a cyber chant up the baltimore, washington, parkway, we decided to do cyber and we decided, number one, this is hard enough and number two you cannot in our political culture do this one without starting to hit your toees gus the first amendment, fourth amendment and other parts of american law and constitution. and so we do cyber. the russians went to door number two. the russians do information dominance, and if this real interests you an article by a general who is chief of the general staff, 2012, talked about contact less warfare using informational means against a target country's population. the proof that they could do this against the united states was in 2015 during an exercise in texas and other southern states called jade helm. jade helm was a space operations exercise, not any really big deal but russian botnets, russian trolls, the atright media in the united states, began to build what they were seeing up to a clear obama administration plan to round up political opponents of the administration, and there were stories coming out of
we debated and probably know since we have a cyber chant up the baltimore, washington, parkway, we decided to do cyber and we decided, number one, this is hard enough and number two you cannot in our political culture do this one without starting to hit your toees gus the first amendment, fourth amendment and other parts of american law and constitution. and so we do cyber. the russians went to door number two. the russians do information dominance, and if this real interests you an article by...
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book, i was struck by the point jim made about how different things are at the local level then in washington. the more we make these decisions at the local level, the more we seem to find practical ways to resolve it. you may not know this, the texas legislature is not organized on a bipartisan basis. when jim was a young journalist for the texas monthly, i was a young staffer for one of the 16 republicans out of 150 in the texas house of representatives and my bath have been a committee chairman. even today with republican majorities in the house and senate, the longest-serving committee chairman is a democrat. john whitmire. german of major committees in the house are democrats. - - chairman. we only need for every two years and we are trying to get to every two days every 40 years. we are not there yet. the fact that it's not organized on a bipartisan basis means except for redistricting and high-profile issues, things tend to getsolved in a practical manner. for example , remember when we had the financial crisis in 2008 and nine. our legislature had to cut the absolute level of state go
book, i was struck by the point jim made about how different things are at the local level then in washington. the more we make these decisions at the local level, the more we seem to find practical ways to resolve it. you may not know this, the texas legislature is not organized on a bipartisan basis. when jim was a young journalist for the texas monthly, i was a young staffer for one of the 16 republicans out of 150 in the texas house of representatives and my bath have been a committee...
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washington's buried in a snowstorm, there are 16 states so the winner has to get nine of the states in order to win. each state has one vote cost my his congressional delegation and the first ballot eight for jefferson, six for burr and two tied. and there are only one of those states is only tied because congressman joseph h nicholson, who is suffering from a fever, is put on a stretcher and carried two miles through snow-bound washington d.c., put in a committee room where his wife fears he's going to die and he is there to keep maryland tied, otherwise the vote would go to burr and it would be-- it would be seven-- excuse me 8-7. and after 36 ballots and six days, the first day the 11th of february they begin voting at 10:00 in the morning and they vote every hour until the following evening. they vote through the night. they cast 28 ballots and unable to come to a decision so they vote for five more days and on the 36th ballot, alexander hamilton helps deliver the presidency to the man he hates more than anybody else except one in american politics, thomas jefferson, by saying of t
washington's buried in a snowstorm, there are 16 states so the winner has to get nine of the states in order to win. each state has one vote cost my his congressional delegation and the first ballot eight for jefferson, six for burr and two tied. and there are only one of those states is only tied because congressman joseph h nicholson, who is suffering from a fever, is put on a stretcher and carried two miles through snow-bound washington d.c., put in a committee room where his wife fears he's...
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i really find myself agreeing with asra claims of the "washington post," but i did last week when he talked with the fact this was an idea whose time has come. i don't understand why it takes an entirely new federal agency when cms has had broad weaver authority and demonstration authority for years to take care of this problem.? i yield back the balance of my time. >> pitcher thinks the gentleman that recognizes mr. bloom for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i welcome today's hearing on the critical issue of coordinating and improving health care of those dual al-awja zero for medicare and medicaid programs also known as dual eligible and i appreciate my colleagues working with us and preparing the hearing to look forward to the discussion. this is an area of the health care system that has potential for effective change. the reality is they are a vulnerable population their care is costly and is uncoordinated which results in poor outcomes in many cases. in total there are 9.2 million americans who rely on both medicare and medicaid. meanwhile they are sycophant lipitor an
i really find myself agreeing with asra claims of the "washington post," but i did last week when he talked with the fact this was an idea whose time has come. i don't understand why it takes an entirely new federal agency when cms has had broad weaver authority and demonstration authority for years to take care of this problem.? i yield back the balance of my time. >> pitcher thinks the gentleman that recognizes mr. bloom for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i...
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that washington is hollywood with unattractive people -- [laughter] let me tell you, you know, they're looking more and more unattractive all the time. so this is a serious thing. it's a very, very tough place to be. i don't think we're looking at the nation's problems in the right way. we don't have a strategy for everybody in this country. and a serious impeachment effort without up assailable causes behind that measure would cause untold damage, i think, to our country. [applause] >> well, up until about four months ago i don't think i would have had any special insight into the mindset of the liberal way of -- base of the democratic party. but i joined as the tocken republican for -- token republican for a liberal are news outlet called crooked media. i'm the only republican that writes for them, and i moved about fives minutes from the berkeley border, so i think i've gained insight intod what the grassroots left thinks right now.t let me tell you, there is going to be enormous pressure on the democratic politicians if they take overen the house to pursue some type of impeachment.
that washington is hollywood with unattractive people -- [laughter] let me tell you, you know, they're looking more and more unattractive all the time. so this is a serious thing. it's a very, very tough place to be. i don't think we're looking at the nation's problems in the right way. we don't have a strategy for everybody in this country. and a serious impeachment effort without up assailable causes behind that measure would cause untold damage, i think, to our country. [applause] >>...
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in april, he had a luncheon in his house in washington dc. it was cohosted by ed glaspie, a former chair of the rnc. and they had about two dozen people over and came away with tens of millions of dollars. that luncheon alone gave them about four times as much money as the entire republican party. so karl rove was effectively establishing an apparatus. it gave them an enormous amount of power and authority with almost no responsibility. he had his hands on the purse strings. this led to the 2010 legislative elections. they raised a total of $300 million. they took 63 seats in the house. suddenly, obama's big advantage was gone and he had no real authority. so the question is, what did he do with the money? what is he going to do with the money? he is going to go into the battleground states. i started look at what he's going to do now. i decided to look at what he had done in the past. and i found again and again but a lot of it really had not been reported in death. one thing i found that he had was a huge technology apparatus. and i went to
in april, he had a luncheon in his house in washington dc. it was cohosted by ed glaspie, a former chair of the rnc. and they had about two dozen people over and came away with tens of millions of dollars. that luncheon alone gave them about four times as much money as the entire republican party. so karl rove was effectively establishing an apparatus. it gave them an enormous amount of power and authority with almost no responsibility. he had his hands on the purse strings. this led to the...
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i'm a firm believer in george washington. but anyone who affiliates themselves the party ran for office is creating treason in the process. we are no longer a government. we are two parties trying to maintain control and they completely ignored anything anyone on the other side has to say, whether being liberal or conservative. i think it's time to wake up and realize they were voted in by the people, for the people and they need to stop their own personal agendas and political propaganda and begin working for the people as a staunch republican for 40 years, and at the point now where i'm totally fed up with both sides of congress. >> host: do remember watching the health care debate 2009-2010? did you feel the lack of the two parties to work together during those debates? >> caller: i saw little bit more willingness on the part of the democrats to attend some of the pages are public is proposed. it was still a cat and dog fight. they are not working together. they do everything they can to make the other part of the bat, reg
i'm a firm believer in george washington. but anyone who affiliates themselves the party ran for office is creating treason in the process. we are no longer a government. we are two parties trying to maintain control and they completely ignored anything anyone on the other side has to say, whether being liberal or conservative. i think it's time to wake up and realize they were voted in by the people, for the people and they need to stop their own personal agendas and political propaganda and...
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here is washington. how unfortunate that while we are encompassed on all sides with avowed enemies and insidious friends that internal dissensions should be tearing our vitals. very non washington, very vivid phrase. john adams in the same era of the same year said jefferson's mind is poisoned with passion, prejudice and faction. hamilton said of jefferson, this is how well the work, hamilton said of jefferson that anyone who cares about the liberty of the country or welfare of the nation should look with great despair on jefferson's ascendance to the presidency and jefferson with a fairly formidable outreach to his friends said i will not separate the slander of a man whose history from the moment at which history can stoop to notice him is a tissue of mecca nation against the liberty of the country that is not only receive him and given him read but heaped honors on his head. hamilton responded that jefferson was a fanatic in politics and atheist in religion and in an anonymous level -- letter rider fr
here is washington. how unfortunate that while we are encompassed on all sides with avowed enemies and insidious friends that internal dissensions should be tearing our vitals. very non washington, very vivid phrase. john adams in the same era of the same year said jefferson's mind is poisoned with passion, prejudice and faction. hamilton said of jefferson, this is how well the work, hamilton said of jefferson that anyone who cares about the liberty of the country or welfare of the nation...
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she lives here in washington. she knew who it was like to live in washington during the years that i was writing about. her husband is a historian. i hope he's been a national book fest writer. >> jay winnick. >> he wrote about the last month of the civil war. george read it early on in his presidency. we both were very found of it. the other one, is called "the great upheaval." it's a great history of who was going on in the united states during that period. because we think of our founding in a vacuum. we don't really know. did you know that katherine was czar of russia when the united states was founded. i think it's a great way to put our revolution, the american revolution in perspective. >> we have covered jay winnick. type in the name and watch it online free of charge. second question, in "spoken from the heart" you write in 2004 the social question that animated was gay marriage. i had talked to george about not making gay marriage a significant issue. we have a number of close friends who are gay or who'
she lives here in washington. she knew who it was like to live in washington during the years that i was writing about. her husband is a historian. i hope he's been a national book fest writer. >> jay winnick. >> he wrote about the last month of the civil war. george read it early on in his presidency. we both were very found of it. the other one, is called "the great upheaval." it's a great history of who was going on in the united states during that period. because we...
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washington post columnist e.j. dionne's look at the state of the republican party was reviewed in the los angeles times by michael boblian. he writes that mr. dionne identifies john boehner as the latest in a long series of republicans transformed from conservative hero to villain and notes that other than ronald reagan, who has been spared this fate despite compromising with democrats on taxes and nearly tripling the national deficit, almost every major republican figure has suffered boehner's fate since the 1960s. sonya shaw's history of pandemics over the past 5 year 0 years was review -- 50 years was reviewed in scientific american. ms. shaw shows how political and practical factors such as city crowding and lack of infrastructure have paved the way for global sicknesses and that rather than waging war against pandemic after it's already full blown, shaw argues we must focus on proactive defenses against disease to prevent the next blow. and for npr, nicole dixon, a teacher at east side community high school in
washington post columnist e.j. dionne's look at the state of the republican party was reviewed in the los angeles times by michael boblian. he writes that mr. dionne identifies john boehner as the latest in a long series of republicans transformed from conservative hero to villain and notes that other than ronald reagan, who has been spared this fate despite compromising with democrats on taxes and nearly tripling the national deficit, almost every major republican figure has suffered boehner's...
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but you see again a lot of this is -- my first job in washington my first full-time job was in the ford ministry. my direct loss was a man named robert bork. do you remember him? i liked him. they did not create on the first second or ninth amendment to the constitution but we got along very well and when i was in college i was an intern on capitol hill. my job in college was i was an intern for robert f. kennedy. iran his signature. you have to make sure all the letters were lined up perfect we halfway through the summer was filled toward, keep it in this room because it could be a federal offense. i snuck in at night and i wrote on the stationary. dear mr. dorgan congratulations on having the largest nose, robert f. kennedy. my friends to have these on their walls. and then one day out of the senate elevator robert f. kennedy actually appeared and he was surrounded via his aides. it was just such, my heart almost stopped. he looked at me and he said how was the summer going bob? he knew my name. he knew my name. i couldn't speak. i just open my mouth and nothing came out but had he as
but you see again a lot of this is -- my first job in washington my first full-time job was in the ford ministry. my direct loss was a man named robert bork. do you remember him? i liked him. they did not create on the first second or ninth amendment to the constitution but we got along very well and when i was in college i was an intern on capitol hill. my job in college was i was an intern for robert f. kennedy. iran his signature. you have to make sure all the letters were lined up perfect...
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what is the impact on how politics is good if you're in washington d.c. of what is your opinion partisanship is the ultimate goal in both the left and the right now, if you look at the polarization in congress, the politics now is about trying to get all of your issues across the finish line rather than the compromise. >> host: when you think this is different from how congress operated 100 years ago? >> guest: again, i don't think he has invented a new style of politics, but he has brought us back to the style of politics. he has made the notion of consensus of a dirty word in american politics. >> host: the other fact is people fund raiser on this. does this well. now you have democrat going on fox and republicans not that often anywhere else. cnn is struggling to find its way. >> guest: as a reporter who believes in this idea that you can god in us question on whether the story takes you is where you go. i think unfortunately one of the legacies is that journalism has now been fully to advance whatever your partisan agenda is on the left and right. per
what is the impact on how politics is good if you're in washington d.c. of what is your opinion partisanship is the ultimate goal in both the left and the right now, if you look at the polarization in congress, the politics now is about trying to get all of your issues across the finish line rather than the compromise. >> host: when you think this is different from how congress operated 100 years ago? >> guest: again, i don't think he has invented a new style of politics, but he has...
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what is the impact on how politics is conducted in washington d.c. of what ailes in your opinion has been? >> guest: i think roger ailes has brought us back to an earlier time in our history. if you go back before the second world war american history was marked by partisan media. going back to -- >> host: there was a noise this objectivity. >> guest: the notion that television was supposed to be a referee was at post-war a nominally so i think ailes job has brought us back in time and now the genie is out of the bottle. partisanship is here to stay and the internet has flowered with a million different voices on the right of the left libertarian in neoconservative. we are now a partisan media country and i think that is ailes lasting legacy. in terms of the politics i think ailes lasting legacy has been to normalize the scorched earth zero-sum vision of politics. it's a testament to ailes success that democrats have copied his success and bill clinton in 1992 the democrats talked about how they ran a roger ailes vile campaign brutally confronting at
what is the impact on how politics is conducted in washington d.c. of what ailes in your opinion has been? >> guest: i think roger ailes has brought us back to an earlier time in our history. if you go back before the second world war american history was marked by partisan media. going back to -- >> host: there was a noise this objectivity. >> guest: the notion that television was supposed to be a referee was at post-war a nominally so i think ailes job has brought us back in...
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and to communicate that he sought to change the tone this washington. here we argued over things like how do we stress personal responsibility, how do we share credit for success with our allies and, of course, how can we treat others with dignity and respect rather than attacking one another. and concurrent to these efforts that i just mentioned, we also sought to deliver on what we promised. and for president bush that meant, of course, number one, reforming public education, number two, finding ways to have institutions of faith to work together, to modernize social security and, of course, to find a prescription drug benefit as part of the medicare program. now, i'll let the historians assess our specific track record of success, but i think if you look at many of the domestic accomplishments that we sought out to do, i think this that we did a fairly good job. be before i close, i want to really give you a sense very briefly on how we communicated internally to make sure that our message was being articulated properly to the country and to the worl
and to communicate that he sought to change the tone this washington. here we argued over things like how do we stress personal responsibility, how do we share credit for success with our allies and, of course, how can we treat others with dignity and respect rather than attacking one another. and concurrent to these efforts that i just mentioned, we also sought to deliver on what we promised. and for president bush that meant, of course, number one, reforming public education, number two,...
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right now when you talk about civil rights, i spoke at the national action network march on washington come into my speech i talked to know more temperate solutions to permit problems the that's why i'm here today because we need a multistate initiative which we have to our new president. because alec is going state by state. so the new civil rights movement is to one, don't lose what we already have. to fight to keep a we have at expand and make those things permanent. woman talk about voting rights, we had a temper solution, the voting rights act has not been jobs in terms of being its constitutionality. right now in ohio we are launching in 2014 a constitutional amendment on the ballot for a photo bill of rights. so we're going to move from just trying to get to the which we don't have the numbers, we are going to take it out to the people and have a model that other states around the country, this won't be easy because we never engage in anything like this. but it's worth it because when we get done and we put in the constitution, we have something that will go beyond our years in
right now when you talk about civil rights, i spoke at the national action network march on washington come into my speech i talked to know more temperate solutions to permit problems the that's why i'm here today because we need a multistate initiative which we have to our new president. because alec is going state by state. so the new civil rights movement is to one, don't lose what we already have. to fight to keep a we have at expand and make those things permanent. woman talk about voting...
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a columnist for the washington post, the president told jim farley, the forecast was the most remarkable thing he had ever seen in politics, made the cover of time magazine, profiled in others. he and his wife took to the social life of the capital, entertaining diplomats, supreme court justices and congressman at their yellow brick georgetown, they sailed to europe on the queen mary. and democratic headquarters, and master charge, newspaper clippings, almanacs, legislative reports, slide rules, adding machines, and index cards. analyzing political behavior in every state, county and city in america. he would screw maps on the floor and look at the mall they said one visitor, then he would play with a calculating machine and pencil and pad and would come up with the information that was necessary to concentrate speakers and propaganda in certain counties of the state in order to win. the press painted him as no more partisan or irrational than a machine. is a method is simply to avoid opinion, stick to statistical facts. there are all kinds of carriers like montgomerie and judson and man
a columnist for the washington post, the president told jim farley, the forecast was the most remarkable thing he had ever seen in politics, made the cover of time magazine, profiled in others. he and his wife took to the social life of the capital, entertaining diplomats, supreme court justices and congressman at their yellow brick georgetown, they sailed to europe on the queen mary. and democratic headquarters, and master charge, newspaper clippings, almanacs, legislative reports, slide...
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i'm not a public policy guy, i'm not a washington insider. i'm a restaurant owner from houston, texas. so i can kind of tell you my kind of brief experience -- well, lifelong experience on this, but brief kind of political side of it is back in september of last year, um, every day in our restaurant we have what we call comida in which we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses and to our kitchen staff, talk about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table and not wasting. owning a restaurant's kind of like baby sitting, so it's kind of our moment to hit those points. and after that i had my longtime employee who's been with us over ten years, he came to us afterwards and wanted to talk to me about something. but i'd like to kind of tell you about this person before i start. over ten years ago, he came to work for our family's restaurant because his previous employer would not give him off on sunday to go to church with his family. very important part to note. i wasn't the job, it wasn't work conditions, it w
i'm not a public policy guy, i'm not a washington insider. i'm a restaurant owner from houston, texas. so i can kind of tell you my kind of brief experience -- well, lifelong experience on this, but brief kind of political side of it is back in september of last year, um, every day in our restaurant we have what we call comida in which we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses and to our kitchen staff, talk about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table and...
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i believe i've gone to washington, making the promise that i wanted it passed the farm bill. not only to help pass a fargo, helped write it from its infancy into its final completion as a member of the conference committee, a committee where members of both parties come together, members of both parties from the senate. we sit down and work out our differences and put together a good commonsense piece of legislation. that's what the farm bill do. we make sure agriculture remains a pillar of the growing economy. we also saved taxpayers $23 billion. it's commonsense fixes i'm going to continue to do on a districtwide basis regardless of whether or not one votes for me. callis: i'm glad congressman davis did pass, helped pass the farm bill, but this is the most nonproductive congress since we have measured congress. it's a do-nothing congress and we need to start getting things done. when i was chief judge, in a bipartisan way i instituted significant court reforms, start the first veterans court in the state of illinois, in madison county, and i'm glad to see that congressman d
i believe i've gone to washington, making the promise that i wanted it passed the farm bill. not only to help pass a fargo, helped write it from its infancy into its final completion as a member of the conference committee, a committee where members of both parties come together, members of both parties from the senate. we sit down and work out our differences and put together a good commonsense piece of legislation. that's what the farm bill do. we make sure agriculture remains a pillar of the...
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i work for the mayors of chicago but harold washington served briefly in the '80s to break down racial barriers in then to remake the face of the city and was considered a model mayor. at the end there were fiscal issues several for committed to do things that he did and left some fiscal problems for mayor emanuel but i am proud for i am happy to respond if you have a particular politician who you think was responsible for the state's problems. but i am curious'' that would be. >> host: i don't think it is one person but the handiwork of many and as one looks back as a career in illinois politics because the state is in such a dire state. let me ask you. >> guest: the other iconic candidate was paul simon that they think was the essence of integrity. i am proud of him. i knew the illinois political landscape very ball and i chose my candidates carefully. >> host: day you think it's fair to at stereotypes that politics in illinois are nautical? does that capture a genuine problem? >> i think there has been corruption through chicago politics for some time. i think that institutionalized
i work for the mayors of chicago but harold washington served briefly in the '80s to break down racial barriers in then to remake the face of the city and was considered a model mayor. at the end there were fiscal issues several for committed to do things that he did and left some fiscal problems for mayor emanuel but i am proud for i am happy to respond if you have a particular politician who you think was responsible for the state's problems. but i am curious'' that would be. >> host: i...
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he never wanted to go to washington. he never wanted to do something different than that. he was just about is service. and i think that's the cool message. that's the thing, that's the central piece of bill ratliff's service. >> our look at tyler's literary community continues as we speak with librarian connie greer to hear about tyler, texas', first african-american public library. >> in 1945 correspondence happened between margaret gower and the carnegie foundation requesting access to the carnegie public library for african-americans who represented a third of our population. it was denied in that it was a local request that needed to be made, and i believe the request, of course, was not met. and so collaborating with the city, trying to get fundraising started happening immediately for books and which location would take place. the negro public library opened in the basement of the bethlehem baptist church. and for years it operated under the city. the city, of course, brought it under its wing, and funds were allocated for the city to have the library open for sever
he never wanted to go to washington. he never wanted to do something different than that. he was just about is service. and i think that's the cool message. that's the thing, that's the central piece of bill ratliff's service. >> our look at tyler's literary community continues as we speak with librarian connie greer to hear about tyler, texas', first african-american public library. >> in 1945 correspondence happened between margaret gower and the carnegie foundation requesting...
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they do come to washington to lobby, but when facebook, google, intel, microsoft, and sales force came to lobby congress through their trade association technet, they didn't even mention climate change. they didn't even make clean energy a priority. instead, they fund the biggest, baddest opponent of climate action and clean energy. why do companies so committed to increasing their own use of renewable energy not lobby congress in favor of renewable energy? it's a battle here, folks. where is the corporate calvary? as long as pro-climate companies do nothing in congress and allow fossil fuel front groups like the chamber to be their voice here in washington, how do they expect to make progress? the chamber of commerce they fund throws around hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying and elections to ensure that congress won't take the climate action they seek. what are facebook, gap, google, intel, microsoft, morgan stanley, and sales force waiting for? do they expect some kind of immaculate political conception of a climate bill, climate action that suddenly bloats magically down fr
they do come to washington to lobby, but when facebook, google, intel, microsoft, and sales force came to lobby congress through their trade association technet, they didn't even mention climate change. they didn't even make clean energy a priority. instead, they fund the biggest, baddest opponent of climate action and clean energy. why do companies so committed to increasing their own use of renewable energy not lobby congress in favor of renewable energy? it's a battle here, folks. where is...
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no signs for hillary clinton and in washington it was dismissed, people put signs up but that doesn't ended indicate what's going to happen on election day. i wonder when you saw it coming that trump was going to win yourself? >> i had bought here who by the way is giving the next book party, he was telling me there were trump signs all over pennsylvania and i said i don't see them and the thing i kept thinking of can was i remember george mcgovern, he had very intense rallies and i can't forget george mcgovern saying i don't believe these polls, i see this enthusiasm in these crowds, you can't tell me this doesn't equate to something so i kept hearing that echo in my mind when i hear trump say these rallies, i can't remember george mcgovern who was misled by those rallies and the impact of those rallies but i have to admit that it took me off guard. i'm portrayed on youtube as one of the few that said he might win. i couldn't see, it's been a specialty of mine the evangelical vote and i have to say my wife miriam, she was running everything but was working on this bookand my daughter
no signs for hillary clinton and in washington it was dismissed, people put signs up but that doesn't ended indicate what's going to happen on election day. i wonder when you saw it coming that trump was going to win yourself? >> i had bought here who by the way is giving the next book party, he was telling me there were trump signs all over pennsylvania and i said i don't see them and the thing i kept thinking of can was i remember george mcgovern, he had very intense rallies and i can't...
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i notice in today's "washington post" a full-page ad by the knights of columbus. the house divided against itself cannot stand. helpless mant the tone of american politics. a lot of folks, including wheat at the bbc, are not talking about tone, civility, respect for institutions, how the public views government. the question is how does money, the intensity, the volume of money and the relationship between money and lots and lots of negative advertising impact of the public views our political system, and is it any different than it ever was before? and i think that our panelists perhaps can give us a perspective on these things as well so i think this is an important topic and i want to turn things over to my moderator for today, john fortier. >> thank you. let me introduce the panel, turn to them and have discussion and also turn to your for questions. michael malbin is the dr. campaign finance institute and director of political science at the state university of new york at albany and has written extensively both in books and academic articles as well as popul
i notice in today's "washington post" a full-page ad by the knights of columbus. the house divided against itself cannot stand. helpless mant the tone of american politics. a lot of folks, including wheat at the bbc, are not talking about tone, civility, respect for institutions, how the public views government. the question is how does money, the intensity, the volume of money and the relationship between money and lots and lots of negative advertising impact of the public views our...
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eastern on c-span radio in washington, d.c. at 90.1 fm, nationwide on xm channel 119 and streaming c-span radio.org. >>> next, a conversation about china with american author and journalist sidney rittenberg who was sent to china as a linguist for the u.s. army during world war ii. after the war's end, he remained in china for more than 30 years becoming politically active. he was imprisoned twice by the government for 16 years during china's cultural revolution for accusations of being a foreign spy. sidney raten egger is the co-author of the book "the man who stayed behind." the washington state china relations council hosted this one hour event in seattle. >> thank you, dennis, thank you, michael, thank you all for coming here. thanks for our sponsors, tbw and c-span. this is an event that a deb and i have been looking forward to from the first moment we heard about it. if you've been paying attention to china in recent decades or america's relationship with china, there's nobody you would want more to hear from than sidney
eastern on c-span radio in washington, d.c. at 90.1 fm, nationwide on xm channel 119 and streaming c-span radio.org. >>> next, a conversation about china with american author and journalist sidney rittenberg who was sent to china as a linguist for the u.s. army during world war ii. after the war's end, he remained in china for more than 30 years becoming politically active. he was imprisoned twice by the government for 16 years during china's cultural revolution for accusations of...
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[laughter] one of the most prestigious events in washington, d.c. and he has covered how many presidents, ken? >> sixth one. >> six presidents in the white house as part of the white house press corps. he's worked at u.s. news for how many years? >> for 33 years. >> 33 years and senior writer, he said almost every title and position you can think of at us news. he's a remarkable journalist. he may be among -- they're almost extinct i'll put it to you that way. he may be among four or five journalists that i know of who i don't know where he stands politically. [laughter] all of the others i can tell you if they're left or right. i can't tell you where ken is because he's absolutely objective and pursues a story whatever it may be. so i guess we can call him a -- a journalist or old fashioned journalist. but it's a profession that is disappearing pretty quickly, and only had a brief time where it flourished so i'll turn it over to him the author in many book was his own right. the one i love is the places where all of the presidents lived. like nixon
[laughter] one of the most prestigious events in washington, d.c. and he has covered how many presidents, ken? >> sixth one. >> six presidents in the white house as part of the white house press corps. he's worked at u.s. news for how many years? >> for 33 years. >> 33 years and senior writer, he said almost every title and position you can think of at us news. he's a remarkable journalist. he may be among -- they're almost extinct i'll put it to you that way. he may be...
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i was at a progressive conference in washington d.c. last year the institute for policy studies that basically writes the obama platform for them and i mingled with the marxists. because i wanted to know what they were talking about. you know what they were talking about all day? it bored me, i got sick of it. you guys, tea party this, tea party that, they stopped us here, they did this, they held us up. they talked about nothing else all day. nothing. [applause] because you have got to understand folks you saved your country. you saved your country and gave it a second chance. and that's a pretty important thing, people. now where are you now? you have been betrayed. you have been let down. you have been marginalized. you have been criticized and you are still fighting. where are you now, folks? i want you to think back to 1976. you had the carter years. no, you hadn't happened yet. 76 a man came out of california, ronald reagan. he stood for the values that you stand for. he stood for the same things and he articulated them so well. h
i was at a progressive conference in washington d.c. last year the institute for policy studies that basically writes the obama platform for them and i mingled with the marxists. because i wanted to know what they were talking about. you know what they were talking about all day? it bored me, i got sick of it. you guys, tea party this, tea party that, they stopped us here, they did this, they held us up. they talked about nothing else all day. nothing. [applause] because you have got to...
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washington was a rather poor and seedy place but it's got progressively wea
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it's a washington outsider running against the most in depth about way washington insider you can find. disappointed to the vice presidency and the presidency. there's nothing more to do to shape and carter pushes him out at the right moment. the right guy at the right time for a guy who found the right constraints at the right time. so that's what we are talking about. not as easy as it sounds. i give a barry goldwater who in 1964 when around the country talking about nuclear war with the soviets and saying he wanted one being a nuclear bomb to make sure it hit. disabuse americans that their fear of the word nuke leer. in 1964, most americans thought the americans thought that they would see world war iii in their lifetime than most americans thought they would die in it. going around the country telling people you will start world war iii is this the criteria to decide the lopsided issue. he's just on the wrong side good not as easy as it sounds. to wrap a comment think about the message is that donald chuck and hillary clinton are trying to convince the frame if you go they are tryi
it's a washington outsider running against the most in depth about way washington insider you can find. disappointed to the vice presidency and the presidency. there's nothing more to do to shape and carter pushes him out at the right moment. the right guy at the right time for a guy who found the right constraints at the right time. so that's what we are talking about. not as easy as it sounds. i give a barry goldwater who in 1964 when around the country talking about nuclear war with the...
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on the other hand, i remember whene was the leader, he came to washington. he came to the white house. steve hadley, he was the national security advisor. he said, we'd like to really develop a relationship similar to what we had at that time with britain and the australian labor party. foreign policy stops at the water's edge. there's a fat agreement that the two major parties labor and britain that we will not do harm. we will remain open tboth parties. and sure the opposition party may not t to see the secretary of state, but they will get to see the deputy secretary o state and work on all the issues and talk to them that we are working on it with the government. i was in charge. we did that when he was in the government. we had exchangening. we didn't make policy. but we were as opeas we could be. we'd like to do this. and excuse me, he said i'd very much like to do tha and we'd like to develop that kind of capacity and that kind of alliance, and bipartisanship and so forth. we were very excited. and he lost his position. so we never really were able to
on the other hand, i remember whene was the leader, he came to washington. he came to the white house. steve hadley, he was the national security advisor. he said, we'd like to really develop a relationship similar to what we had at that time with britain and the australian labor party. foreign policy stops at the water's edge. there's a fat agreement that the two major parties labor and britain that we will not do harm. we will remain open tboth parties. and sure the opposition party may not t...
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it's incestuous in washington. everybody works for everybody sooner or later. so actually, we're all friends. but they have rules. no dodging, no biting, no kicking, and you maintain civility, and i think you're going to have a wonderful debate, and i hope they come up with some solutions to america's debt problems. right now it's a great pleasure to introduce a tremendous broadcaster, brett bayer. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you for that introduction. i know you just celebrated 50 years, cbn celebrated 50 years of broadcasting, and dr. robert robertson, a pioneer in that. i can only hope to be broadcasting in 50 years. it's a real pleasure to be here. i'll be honest with you. i received the e-mail and it said, will you come down to clash of the titans. and i wasn't sure if it was a wrestling match or monitor struck rally. a little research, and i am so impressed with what what you have done here, the ninth year of a truely fair and balanced debate. and this is just that. we are 375 days away from the election. that, bil
it's incestuous in washington. everybody works for everybody sooner or later. so actually, we're all friends. but they have rules. no dodging, no biting, no kicking, and you maintain civility, and i think you're going to have a wonderful debate, and i hope they come up with some solutions to america's debt problems. right now it's a great pleasure to introduce a tremendous broadcaster, brett bayer. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you for that...
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and reagan it come to washington. what he did was he had a party, and that the party he had tip o'neill who was speaker of the house, and he had democrats throughout washington like robert strauss who was the bulwark of the democratic organization and headed the dnc, and had others in washington community, not just republicans. because he wanted to show that when he came as president he needed everybody into what are to govern. and so that really was an important statement. it's not something you could do immediately after the election. and so he did all of his work in california. bush baby is in crawford. and -- much it is in crawford. obama was in chicago. you have an operation working in transition in addition to the operation that is wherever the president is. >> just, we'll go to the audience for questions in one or so people want to start thinking about those. one last question that i would love for each of you to answer. what are the real challenges for the trumpet transition team? what do they need to focus on
and reagan it come to washington. what he did was he had a party, and that the party he had tip o'neill who was speaker of the house, and he had democrats throughout washington like robert strauss who was the bulwark of the democratic organization and headed the dnc, and had others in washington community, not just republicans. because he wanted to show that when he came as president he needed everybody into what are to govern. and so that really was an important statement. it's not something...